Wanda Vazquez Garced

Wanda Vazquez Garced (1960-) was Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico from 2 January 2017, succeeding Cesar Miranda. She was a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the Democratic Party.

Biography
Wanda Vazquez Garced was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1960, and she worked for the Department of Public Housing during the 1980s and served as a district attorney with the Department of Justice for over 20 years. In 2016, she was appointed Secretary of Justice by Governor Ricardo Rossello, and, when Rossello announced his resignation on 24 July 2019 amidst massive demonstrations against his government, Vazquez was initially expected to replace him. However, she said that she had no interest in serving as Governor and would only serve if constitutionally required to, and Pedro Pierluisi became Governor instead.